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.TH PAUSE 2 
.UC 4
.SH NAME
pause \- stop until signal
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pause()
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Pause
never returns normally.
It is used to give up control while waiting for
a signal from
.IR kill (2)
or
.IR alarm (2).
Upon termination of a signal handler started during a
.I pause,
the
.I pause
call will return.
.SH SEE ALSO
kill(1), kill(2), alarm(2), sigsys(2), signal(2), sigset(3), setjmp(3)
.SH "ASSEMBLER (PDP-11)"
(pause = 29.)
.br
.B sys pause